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4.8-magnitude earthquake hits Swat and surrounding areas
4.8-magnitude earthquake hits Swat and surrounding areas on Sunday afternoon.
The tremours had left the residents of Mingora city and surrounding areas in a panic however, no casualties were reported.
According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)’s seismic monitoring centre, the depth of the earthquake was measured to be 178 kilometres.
The bordering area of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan was identified as the epicentre of the earthquake.
Swat District is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Swat is the 15th-largest district of KP province having a population of 2,309,570 per the 2017 national census.